But there are many questions about food and drinks. There are snacks only formally, it was not possible to try them during the week of rest. Why offer snacks from 1 p. m. , if lunch starts at 1 p. m. and everyone goes to the restaurant for lunch. Snacks are served from 10-11 o'clock, but not in this hotel. There is no wine in the bars, it can be tasted only in the restaurant for lunch and dinner from dirty glasses. In general, the food is very monotonous. I have rested in Egypt several times, but I have never been so cheap.
1. We arrived after lunch, settled immediately, did not pay anything. The room is normal on the second floor. A good bed, water in the fridge, a kettle with a set for a tourist (tea, coffee, sugar, cream) They cleaned every day, they twisted such swans and crocodiles that it was impossible not to leave a tip)
2. The staff is friendly, they understand and speak Russian and English. Arising nuances were solved quickly and without surcharges. I would like to say special words of gratitude to the receptionist Marina.
3. Food is a special topic, it was important for us. And there are no complaints. Meat, fish, vegetables, fruits, soups...And pastries are a different story altogether) My husband had a birthday, the cake is beyond praise - both big and tasty) Very responsible and friendly waiters. Tables cleared quickly.
Bars. Worked three in the hotel and one on the beach. Ice cream for free. Many thanks to Mehmed for delicious coffee and original cocktails)
4. Beach.
Second line. But walk five to seven minutes through the territory of a related five or take a booster. Walk faster, no need to wait for a transfer. They transfer across the road (take care of safety). There is an entrance to the sea (preferably in shoes) and a pontoon from which you can swim and dive (masks can be bought at the hotel)
5. Pools. A lot of. Heated one and in March it was very cool! The slides are working. Wifi is stable throughout the property and in the rooms. On the beach intermittently, but it's not annoying.
6. There are many shops. Bargain!! ! The prices are loyal. Visit the Jordan Clooney shop, souvenirs and magnets there at ridiculous prices. At the same ridiculous prices, T-shirts in Misha are not miserable are a little further.
7. It’s better to go to the Old City by minibus and for pounds) but it’s not expensive for a dollar either)
Conclusion: the holiday turned out wonderful)
P. S. Security before departure. Control, control and control. When filling out paperwork, pens are needed, put one with you.
And yes ...Do not overpay for the green corridor, it's not worth it.
Very good hotel. We had an early flight and check in was quick.
The food is excellent, even better and richer. There is something to compare, since every year we have a rest in this hotel. Huge selection of meat and seafood. Everything is very tasty. Lots of fruit and melon, and dates, oranges, pomegranate, pear. . .
The sea is beautiful as always.
There are always enough sunbeds for everyone. The beach bar is open from 10 am. Snacks are provided for lunch.
Alcohol of normal quality, non-alcoholic cocktails are always made for children. Ice cream is served before and after lunch.
Well done animation, I especially want to mention Sam and Dabur) the guys are fire.
Thank you very much to the staff for the warm welcome and great attitude.
The price for this hotel is very high.
Rest for two 650-700 $.
The hotel is occupied by 10% of them 50% Ukraine and 50% local.
1. Territory: not bad, the buildings look nice, the territory itself is divided into two parts. Water park and swimming pool, next to the bar.
It is difficult to call it a water park, suitable for children under 12 years old.
The pool, which is near the dining room, is large, but no one swims on it because the bar on the territory of the pool does not work !!!
There is another bar in the lobby of the second floor, in general, complete nonsense
You relax without drinks or in a circle of children, the pool is not very good there.
2. Rooms (gave $ 10 and a chocolate bar) a room overlooking the restaurant, the room itself is not chic, but normal.
3. Animation, it’s not there, it’s very boring in the hotel, you walk through labyrinths, that’s all the entertainment, in the evening like a show (but it’s more like they were going to camps in the evening) no one goes there because it’s not interesting, the place itself is dead.
4. Food, the choice is small, but everything is quite tasty!
5. Beach, the beach is located on the territory of 5 *. Territory 5 * is completely different, quite picturesque, and the buildings are on the sides, you don’t bloat.
It is impossible to rest on the territory of 5 *, just like 5 * you cannot rest in 4 *. This is complete bullshit.
The beach is ordinary, the pontoon is short.
0. The hotel cost in early April for 8 days / 7 nights 575 dollars, which is generally a penny for such a hotel
1. The hotel is a real well-deserved 4 stars, the territory of the hotel is 10 out of 10.
2. The food at the hotel is worse than average, but if you arrive early, you will have time to eat delicious meat and, in principle, get a more or less good plate
3. Alcohol, as in all of Egypt, is garbage
4. There is a water park and it works, there are a lot of pools and a lot of free sunbeds on the pools
5. Animation, to be honest, is generally dead, it is practically non-existent. If you want to move - consider Rihan's hotel (he is a neighbor) but I don't know how it is with everything else
6. You can freely move around both Parrotel Aqua Park and across the Parrotel Beach road, but eat at the restaurant only Parrotel Aqua Park. There is no point in overpaying for Parrotel Beach, as they say - the food is the same, the products are the same, the chefs are even the same, the territory is essentially different but very similar, I even liked Aqua Park more.
7.
You don't have to buy a sim card. The hotel has really normal internet and for the whole vacation I didn’t even have to buy a SIM card, which is a big plus. By the way, it works on the beach too! We managed to download a movie at a speed of 100-200 kb / s even in 30-60 minutes while drinking tea in the lobby))
It can be seen that the landscape design, the infrastructure was done by some very experienced developer and knows a lot about the construction of hotels, Parrotel Aqua Park (4 stars) and Parrotel Beach (5 stars) are former Reddison hotels, which were very well organized. Here, the territory, the layout, the location of objects are just perfectly done. The territory is simply huge, everything is very beautiful, it seems that this is a super-luxury hotel in the past. The rooms are really big, there is a hygiene kit - shampoos, shower gel, etc. , i. e. everything for people, a kettle, tea, coffee, sugar, cream - everything was also in the room and free of charge, every day the same free 3-5 bottles of water per room.
Normal large balcony, excellent bed, cleaned every day and made beautiful things out of towels.
The staff is not bad, they never came across rudeness, no one extorted money, everything is very civilized (compared to Il Mercato, it’s generally super). The first hotel in Egypt where there is a normal coffee machine. The pools are washed and cleaned regularly, for the whole holiday they were not poisoned. The food is - who managed to eat it, but I think everyone will find something to eat. The beach is also normal, the entry is both sandy and a pontoon with reefs (clearly everything is there), there is animation - darts, exercises, zumba, volleyball, there is also a snack bar where they pour local alcohol, beer and even give something to eat (french fries, a piece it is not clear what is 5x5 cm in size (like pizza) and vegetables with fruits of 2-4 types). I can definitely recommend the hotel, a really normal hotel with a price of up to 700-800 dollars for two people per week in the peak season, you will not find anything better.
For those who will be there - get out of the hotel and go to the left for about 5-10 minutes, there will be a George Clooney store - a must-see. Even further away there will be a Flames burger (it seems to be called that) with a red sign - I also recommend visiting, very tasty burgers. Next to the Flames on the left there is an ATM and a store for locals - the prices are fixed and it's the cheapest place to buy anything. If you walk for another 10-15 minutes you will find KFC and MacDoalnds)) And, and most importantly, do not get fooled by taxi drivers.
A ride to the old city will cost about $ 8 or 28 km of the way, which is just how inadequately expensive for Egypt, you can take any minibus (blue small buses) that run every 5 minutes and leave for $ 1 per person, at the same time you will feel the flavor of riding in minibuses Egypt (passes through SOHO, Naamabay, old town), this is the cheapest way to get to all the best places in sharm, just tell me where you need to go before landing - in 90% of cases they will say that they are going to where you need to go because they pass through all major locations.
We are satisfied, you can go again). The internet is even in the room, but very weak.
No one hinted at any "thanks".
The room was cleaned daily.
The food is delicious, as at this time of year, quite diverse.
It can be taken out of the restaurant without any problems. Drinks in bars on the beach, near the water park, in the lobby abound.
They handed in the room at 12 o'clock, but by 2 p. m. took full advantage of the infrastructure, had lunch.
Wi-Fi in the lobby and in the water park.
Among the disadvantages:
It should be borne in mind that the hotel is 16, of course, the condition is not perfect. It is also a windy bay.
Everything corresponds to the stated.
Kyiv-Sharm was excellent. At the airport in Sharm, the customs officers let us through instantly, certificates of the absence of Covid were glanced twice at the passage from customs to luggage, no one checked the codes, they only looked at the seal. Didn't even look at the date. Possibly because of the evening arrival. They took away the migration card and the health declaration without reading it. Tui was met and taken to the hotel, about 25 minutes drive, the last of the four hotels for delivery was. At the reception, they immediately put on bracelets, sent us to dinner, and after half an hour they settled in without additional payments.
Hotel.
In principle, a strong Egyptian four. Over a dozen trips have seen better and much worse. This one is for not very demanding tourists and not for a lot of money. For large it is better to take a five.
Vacationers.
Of course, many Egyptians with families. We did not experience any inconvenience, absolutely normal, calm contingent. Many vacationers from Ukraine, Kyiv, Dnipro, Zaporozhye. Few Russians.
Very little. Kazakhstan.
Hotel guide - as always. He sells expensive excursions and frankly loses interest in those who do not take. Bad type.
Territory.
Large and well-groomed. Everything is green and exotic, huge tree-like and spherical cacti, many flowers. Purely. A very pleasant area. There are a lot of three-story buildings, some of them are not inhabited, the main ones are fully populated.
Wifi is available almost everywhere. At the reception, by the pools, on the beach. Finishes in many numbers. Wi-Fi is slow, it can fall off, every time you connect it requires confirmation of entering the network. It's stressful.
For those who wish - outside the gate to the left, there are a number of shops, looking for Vodafon. In it without a passport and only for cash, there are Internet SIM cards from $ 5 (0.5 gig), $ 7 - 1.5 gig, etc. For messengers with a prohibited exchange for all other applications, it will last for a long time. A little further in this direction is a bank and a pharmacy.
Nutrition.
The restaurant worked only the main one. There are enough places, cleaning is very fast, you don’t have to wait for seats, they immediately clean the table and invite you.
The assortment is not rich, repetitive, but tasty. Vegetables - tomatoes, cucumbers, cabbage, zucchini, stewed vegetables - all the time, fish fillet very tasty - all the time, chicken, portioned beef, beef stroganoff, etc. Rice and pasta, potatoes, standard in the morning - omelettes, sausages, buttermilk, pancakes. Barrel coffee. Muesli, milk.
From fruits, oranges, limes, exotic fruits such as pears, dates. Muffins and mousses, of course, as without them.
They were definitely not hungry.
It is not allowed to bring food into the room.
Alcohol and drinks are everywhere. Whiskey, rum, vodka, local gin - tolerable quality, bottled beer - good. Sprite, cola - from bottles and in coolers. Poured without restrictions in plastic. Until late. Good bars above the restaurant and by the heated pool (it's really warm in winter).
On the beach with a bar full of trouble.
Everything is diluted, even beer. They immediately offer to buy normal drinks for money. Three bottles of beer for ten dollars. Whiskey is just water.
So it's better to take it with you to the beach, especially since our company was slightly poisoned by something in the beach bar. For lunch, as a snack, they give fries, a burger with a strange synthetic, like, fish cake. Better not to take.
Rooms.
Quite decent in size. The furniture is a little tired, but not a ruin. There is an electric kettle in the room (coffee, tea, sugar and cream are replenished daily), a safe, a hair dryer, a TV with an input for a flash drive, take cartoons for children with you. Three Russian-language channels - TNT and two news channels. All rooms have a decent balcony.
Water is replenished during cleaning, 0.5 bottle per person. You need more - you can get to the cooler of the restaurant and bar.
Beach.
Within walking distance. Exit the hotel, cross the road, enter the territory of Parrotel Beach.
A shuttle goes there every ten minutes, or go down on foot to the sea - also minutes seven to ten.
You can choose your own beach. You can the one to the right - from Parrotel Beach. It's cleaner on it. Just don't use their bar. There strictly on bracelets.
The sea is shallow, the entrance is sandy. You can get to the depths, or go from the pontoon. Not very long.
Staff.
Very friendly. And at the reception and the rest. Receptionist Russian speaking. They respond very quickly to requests. They solve everything promptly, up to changing the number and without indignation and surcharges. Of the bartenders, Hassan is the nicest, usually at the pool bar. Always smiling and courteous.
Animators.
So-so. Unobtrusive and not very entertaining. No special fun at the pools, or on the beach, or in the evening. Standard children's disco, turning into an adult in the evenings.
Room cleaning.
Cleaning is average, but it improves a lot if you leave a dollar, ten pounds or a bag of seeds.
Our cleaner and beautiful swans left, and water with shampoos more than normal. Friends.
Now for the really bad stuff.
Upon arrival, the room was not cleaned at all. It turned out that this is the general practice of the hotel. Dirt, seeds, hair on the floor, unwashed and dirty bathroom. We were shocked. Check out strictly at 12 am, we got to the room at eight in the evening. There was not enough time, no one cleaned. And, attention!! ! bed and towels from old guests, the bed just made, as if fresh.
At the request, they sent a grandfather-cleaner, who usually cleans the floor in the restaurant. He wiped the bathroom with a towel, washed the toilet with a brush ...Without any disinfection. It was PPC. On the second run, when an old bed was found, the same grandfather brought a fresh one and changed it for a long time. The impression was like from a cheap rooming house. The reception offered to change the room only in the morning, all the rooms were in the same condition. This greatly reduced the rating of the hotel in our eyes.
The same thing happened to many who settled, according to their stories.
Yes, the Kazakhs also told how, when visiting a store, they were accused of stealing glasses and demanded 10 dollars for glasses, threatened to call the police. I don’t know why, but they gave away those 10 dollars. The police did not want to, but, they say, they did not steal the glasses either. Perhaps just a new scam of merchants, they have very few visitors.
Basically, everything. You can relax if you immediately tune in to a real four. A good option for LITTLE money.
+ Large green, well-groomed territory, 75.000 sq. m.
+ Water park: 9 slides for adults, 16 slides and attractions for children.
+ 2 heated pools in winter, one of them in the water park.
+ Spacious rooms from 33 sq. m.
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- Distance from the sea 600 meters. Walking about 5-7 minutes, or bus service every 15 minutes.
- Windy bay, it is uncomfortable to rest from November to March due to strong winds, and the pontoon is closed for half a day, as a rule, due to large waves.
- Weak Wi-Fi in the lobby.